Washington, September 10, 2008 — The Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS)
congratulates the Republic of Argentina for its ratification of the
Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death
Penalty. Argentina deposited the instruments of ratification of this
treaty on September 5, 2008.

With
this step, Argentina became the eighth country in the region to ratify
all the inter-American treaties pertaining to human rights. The IACHR
praises this attitude and encourages the other States to move toward
ratification of the seven inter-American human rights instruments, in
order to attain their universalization.

The
other States that have already ratified all the inter-American treaties
on human rights are Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Panama,
and Venezuela. The seven instruments are: the American Convention on
Human Rights; the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on
Human Rights in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (“Protocol
of San Salvador”); the Protocol to the American Convention on Human
Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty; the Inter-American Convention to
Prevent and Punish Torture; the Inter-American Convention on Forced
Disappearance of Persons; the Inter-American Convention on the
Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women (“Convention
of Belem do Pará”); and the Inter-American Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities.